Chapter 191

"Forget it, machines have their own thoughts and stuff..." Li Shu showed a half-smile.

In many science fiction novels, robots in the future world have their own thoughts. Most of these mechanical lives are dissatisfied with human rule, which unfolds a series of complex stories that affect the entire world.

"There's no need to think of mechanical life as being so bad. As long as we can keep their vital points firmly in the hands of humans, that's enough." Qi Huang is a fan of science fiction literature and has a good impression of robots.

"What if a robot disguises itself as a human? Who would be able to discover it? Then the world would be in chaos!" Wu Mingbai disagreed, and his imagination was quite wild.

Many people started discussing this topic, and the teachers and tour guides did not stop them. Many students would have such thoughts after coming here. It is a good thing for students to think, and there is no need to force them to stop.

Mechanical life created by superpowers is completely different from mechanical life truly created by technology. The former may indeed be out of control, while the latter will almost certainly be controlled by the superpower owner. Therefore, "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." represented by Director Zhang will not feel offended.

As usual, Su Bei did not participate in this discussion. He was observing the wooden iron man. Probably no one else noticed that the wooden iron man had a very ugly expression at this time.

He stood at the back, and although he was tall, others would not notice him because of his position. He lowered his head and said nothing. If Su Bei had not been observing him, he would not have noticed that his expression had gradually become ugly since Jiang Tianming started talking.

Interesting, it seems his guess is pretty much right. Even if the wooden iron man is not a real robot, it is definitely related to a robot.

Everyone waited for them to finish their discussion before Director Zhang clapped his hands and said with a smile, "You all have great imagination, but the mechanical life in science fiction films is completely different from the mechanical life in our processing plant. You can touch some of the parts without adhesive to feel them. They are truly lively and lovely little lives."

They could actually touch it! Everyone was overjoyed and immediately went to the assembly line. Everyone tried to grab a part in a panic, but the parts were very naughty and jumped up and down to avoid their capture.

Suddenly, the area around the assembly line was in chaos, with everyone showing off their special abilities. Mo Xiaotian trapped some parts with air cubes and easily grabbed one. Zhao Xiaoyu used her special ability [Happiness] to make the part she wanted to grab feel happy and comfortable, and she grabbed it obediently. Lan Subing could fix a rivet with just one [Word Spirit] without even consuming much mental energy. Jiang Tianming's situation was even simpler, as his special ability [Control Objects] could target any object, especially a small one like this, which would be easily controlled by him...

While everyone was showing off their skills, Su Bei was quick to grab a gear that had just jumped right in front of him.

It should be said that although he had something on his mind, this was indeed a novel experience for him. Su Bei was also very interested in these living parts, especially the gears that were very similar to his abilities.

You have to know that his first superpower was the most common [creating gears], so he must be very familiar with things like gears.

The active little gear seemed to have sensed a similar aura from him. It had been very lively just now, but now it stayed obediently in Su Bei's palm, and even rubbed his fingers to express its love.

Director Zhang noticed this scene and smiled in surprise, saying, "It likes you very much. Usually, these parts are not close to anyone except the boss. I didn't expect it to be so friendly when it saw you. It's not noisy at all. It seems that you two are really destined to be together."

After that, he asked curiously, "May I ask what your special ability is? If it's suitable, maybe you can come to our company to work after graduation."

The gear that was given life by the boss should only be close to the boss. Moreover, it was just manufactured not long ago and would not have the opportunity to cultivate feelings with others. Therefore, its inexplicable closeness to Su Bei seemed very strange to Director Zhang.

This is something that needs to be taken seriously. Although he looks very happy on the surface, he is actually very alert in his heart. In order to find out the problem, Director Zhang took the initiative to inquire about Su Bei's supernatural powers by offering him the opportunity to work in a big company to see if it is a problem with supernatural powers.

If Su Bei's ability was related to life, and could even affect the life forms created by the boss, then he would have to find a time to tell the boss. If it was for other reasons, knowing the reason could also avoid a future trouble.

Hearing their conversation, Meng Huai naturally did not immediately understand Director Zhang's concerns, and answered on behalf of Su Bei: "His ability is related to gears."

Hearing this answer, Director Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. Life created by superpowers is a superpower product, and it has a certain sensitivity to other people's superpowers. Superpowers of the same kind attract similar superpowers, and the other party has a gear-type superpower, so it is normal for it to attract people.

He did not doubt that Meng Huai was lying for the students. As long as one wanted to check the superpowers of these students, he would be able to find them. Even if he could not find the specific content, it would be easy to find the name of the superpower.

The names of gear-related abilities would probably contain gear-related words, so if he was lying, he would be easily exposed.

However, although he was 90% sure that Meng Huai would not lie, out of caution, Director Zhang still informed his subordinates and asked them to check Su Bei's supernatural powers and send him the results of the investigation before the end of their event.

Su Bei didn't pay attention to their confrontation. He certainly understood Director Zhang's question about the purpose of his supernatural powers. But he had a clear conscience and naturally didn't care about other people's inquiries.

After carefully examining the small gear in his palm, Su Bei produced a gear and placed it next to it.

The living gear showed no discrimination towards its inanimate counterparts and rolled twice around the ordinary gear lying in the palm of his hand, looking very excited.

Quite cute. Su Bei raised the corner of his mouth.

"Do you like it very much?" Noticing his expression, the Iron Man suddenly asked.

Su Bei was stunned. This was the first sentence that Mu Tie Ren had said since the beginning of their activities today. He didn't expect that he was talking to him, and the content was like this.

"It's OK." Su Bei put the gear down while saying this. The other party still tried to hook him reluctantly, but unfortunately failed.

Su Bei chuckled and looked up at the wooden iron man: "You don't like these mechanical lives? I don't think you have ever touched them."

Because he felt that there was something wrong with the other party, Su Bei had been observing the wooden iron man and naturally discovered this strange thing.

Unexpectedly, he noticed him. Mu Tieren touched his nose uncomfortably and said, "No, I'm just not interested."

Although he said this, he did not try to pick up any parts to prove his point. It was inconsistent with his statement that he was just not interested in mechanical life.

Seeing this, Su Bei thoughtfully picked up the small gear that was still dangling around him and handed it to the wooden iron man: "This one is quite familiar."

However, before he could bring the gear to the wooden man, the wooden man stepped back and said, "I'm going to ask where the toilet is. Do you want to come with me?"

"No, you go ahead." Su Bei shook his head with a half-smile, watching him leave. Then he looked at the gear in his hand, "Oh, it seems like you've been abandoned."

The gear in his hand shook a bit, as if it was not convinced. However, Su Bei ignored it and threw it away like a scumbag, then sat down on a chair next to him to rest.

Seeing that everyone had finished their visit, Director Zhang led them to the next workshop. There was nothing special about the next workshop, it was just an inspection workshop to check if the products had any quality problems, if there were any parts that were still working, etc.

This workshop has the largest number of people, a total of six people, three in a group, who have to inspect each product twice.

Director Zhang was talking about how hard he tried to inspect his products, while people like Su Bei who had no intention of buying the products were listening incoherently. People who were willing to buy, such as Ai Baozhu and Feng Lan who was entrusted by the family, were listening carefully, looking for products that were more suitable for them.

“Ding ding ding ding ding—”

Suddenly, the entire processing plant erupted in a continuous shrill sound, and at the same time, a red light flashed, indicating that something bad had happened.

The six staff members nervously stopped working and stood there looking at Director Zhang. He was the workshop manager, their direct superior. Facing such an emergency, it would be right to listen to him.

The only leader, Director Zhang, immediately picked up the intercom and listened for a while, then his face turned very ugly. He turned around and was about to leave, but then he remembered that there were many people here who needed to be arranged by him, so he turned back immediately.

Director Zhang first arranged for his employees: "Go back to the staff dormitory and don't come out until I send you a message."

After saying that, he turned to look at Meng Huai and said, "Sorry, we had an accident here. Why don't we end today's event first and make an appointment next time when we have time?"

That was definitely impossible, even if the academy agreed, Meng Huai would not agree. They still had a three-school competition next, and according to the reason given by the academy before, the next time they came would definitely be before the competition.

But where do they get so much time to carry out activities and training?

"Can I ask what kind of trouble you are having?" Seeing Meng Huai's disapproval, Lei Ze'en took the initiative to ask, "If possible, we also hope to help, just as an exercise for these children."

This was not a polite remark, he really meant it. If the problem was not serious, or not that dangerous, then they could definitely use this to train students to handle the incident. In this way, even if the visit did not achieve any results, it would not be in vain.

Hearing this, Director Zhang hesitated. This was an internal issue of their company, and he shouldn't allow outsiders to get involved. But first of all, they really needed manpower now.

In order to welcome this group of guests, not many staff were left in the processing plant. Most of those who stayed were technical staff, and many of the security personnel were given holidays.

With their current staff, it is not easy to find the other party. Unfortunately, there is a big order that needs to be completed in the next two days, and it is absolutely impossible to keep the processing plant closed.

Once the blockade of the processing plant is lifted, the housekeeper's assistant is familiar with the processing plant's terrain and has intelligence, so he may sneak out when no one is paying attention. Then their losses will be huge.

The second is that the boss had told him to try his best to meet the requirements of today's visitors. Now they obviously don't want to go back and want to use this opportunity to help train the students.

So Director Zhang was hesitating, should he agree?

"Sorry, please wait a moment, I need to ask the boss." Finally, Director Zhang came up with a perfect solution. He just needed to hand the problem over to his leader, and he didn't need to rack his brains to guess his boss's intentions.

If the boss agrees to let them help, then it would be the best of both worlds. But if the boss disagrees, if the housekeeper assistant is not caught in the end, he can directly use this as an excuse to shirk responsibility.

Soon the call was connected, Director Zhang briefly explained the current situation, and then nodded continuously. Finally, he hung up the phone and smiled warmly: "The boss agreed, thank you very much for your willingness to help, then I will tell you the situation now."

In fact, this matter is very simple, it is a housekeeper assistant robot that escaped. Before coming here, Si Zhaohua once said that his housekeeper assistant not only has a high IQ and a wide range of knowledge, but also has a very strong body and excellent fighting skills.

It can be said that the butler's assistants are omnipotent, so the harm caused by their escape is also the greatest.

"We have now sealed off the entire processing plant, and it should not have escaped. If possible, I hope you can help us find it." At this point, Director Zhang took out his mobile phone and showed them a photo.

The photo shows a pink robot with a very standard square head and square body, and two antennas on its head. The pink appearance is a bit special, making the antennas on the top of its head look like two ponytails.

Out of curiosity, Su Bei and his friends had seen photos of Si Zhaohua's housekeeper's assistant, and they all had the same style, but in different colors. According to Si Zhaohua himself, theirs was the classic black model.

"The core of the Butler Assistant is its brain, and its body parts can be disassembled or even folded, so it may make itself very small and hide in a corner of the processing plant waiting for an opportunity to leave." Director Zhang pointed out the difficulty of the problem, which is also the reason why they could not find each other immediately.

After hearing the general situation, Lei Zeen was a little confused: "Why can't we ask those psychics who have the ability to find things to come and look for it? Let them come, maybe they can find the escaped butler assistant soon."

"Because they are not independent individuals, they were created by the boss. So if you use supernatural powers to look for them, you will most likely find them on the boss in the end." Director Zhang showed a helpless expression.

Then he added a little embarrassedly: "And this matter should not be known to too many people, the fewer people who know the better. Please also don't spread it. Most of our company's housekeeper assistants are very reliable. We will not let such escaped housekeeper assistants flow into the market. At least they must be remodeled and processed before they can be sold again. The quality is absolutely guaranteed."

"You can rest assured about this. The students in our academy are very strict. But since it is a life created by your boss, your boss should be able to sense its location, right?" Lei Zen raised another question. As a teacher, in order to be responsible for the safety of his students, he needed to find out all the doubts in this mission.

Director Zhang also knew this, so he didn't get angry and patiently replied: "Butler assistants are special. After they are created, the boss will cut off contact with them. Otherwise, if they can be controlled by the boss all the time, the buyer will not feel at ease, right?"

This makes sense, just like buying a surveillance camera and finding out that the seller's backstage can control the surveillance camera. Any family with a little more caution will never buy this company's products again after knowing this. Even for the sake of reputation, "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." cannot let the housekeeper assistant robot have such a shortcoming.

Unable to think of any other problems, Lei Zeen nodded to Meng Huai and accepted the task: "Thank you for your company's trust. We will do our best to help. Regardless of whether we can help find a housekeeper assistant, we will not disclose this matter to anyone."

He had heard of housekeeper assistants before, but since they didn't have special powers, they weren't dangerous. And since they were only inside the factory, they could be used as training tasks for students.

"We can help, but we hope you can provide some assistance." It is common for the two of them to play the good cop and the bad cop. Meng Huai's words were far less tactful and pleasant than Lei Ze'en's, and he asked for support without any hesitation.

However, his request was not excessive. They were helping for free and did not need any reward afterwards. Life Science Machinery Co., Ltd. should have provided some assistance during the process of helping them.

Director Zhang did not refuse and took out a few things from his storage space. "Here are five walkie-talkies and a map of the processing plant. But there is only one map. You can discuss who will take it."

After all, it was an emergency and it was impossible for him to prepare all the equipment in advance. It was good to have these.

Wu Mingbai suddenly thought of something: "Where is the whistle? Can we have it? If we have it, it shouldn't be difficult to find a housekeeper's assistant."

"I'm sorry, the Butler Assistant is different from other ordinary products. Because of the advanced chip, it will still be affected by the whistle, but not too much. Unless the whistle is blown at a very close distance, it will be difficult to summon the opponent." Director Zhang rejected Wu Mingbai's idea, "It's still the same reason as before. If the Butler Assistant can be easily controlled by the whistle, then our customers may not dare to buy it with confidence."

"Why did it run away?" Mu Tieren asked in a low voice. Seeing that Director Zhang seemed not to hear him, he raised his voice again, "Why did it run away? A life created by your company's boss, shouldn't it be loyal to the boss?"

Yes, they really hadn't paid attention to this problem before. It is impossible for supernatural creatures to betray supernatural people. Just like the phoenix summoned by Qi Huang would not betray her, the life form created by [Life Essence] would not betray the boss.

Director Zhang had no choice but to answer. His expression froze for a moment, and then he calmly answered, "Because they are naughty, they were created not long ago and are very curious about the world, so they often run away. But after all, they were born not long ago and have no money. Even if we impart a lot of knowledge to them, they are likely to cause trouble in human society, so we have to catch them quickly."

I have to say, he is worthy of being the director of "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd.". His speech was perfect, and everyone except Su Bei and Mu Tieren was fooled.

Mu Tieren's face was very ugly, but he lowered his head so few people saw it. Su Bei certainly noticed his abnormality, and a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.

This reaction is very interesting. Does the wooden iron man know something?

Recalling his previous question, it was clear that he believed that there was some hidden reason behind the butler's assistant's escape. As supernatural creatures, they actually betrayed the supernatural person, so the secret behind it must be very big.

But how did the Iron Man know this? Was he once a staff member here? Or was he himself a butler's assistant who successfully escaped?

Now that the incident has begun, there are some things to look at. Su Bei uses his special power [Destiny Gear] to check the destiny compass above everyone's head.

At present, everyone's little pointer is on the right side, and it is obvious that the next action will not be smooth. As for the big pointer, it is undoubtedly in the upper half of the compass.

Because the mission was urgent, Director Zhang did not waste any more time with them. He simply said that he would go to command other staff to capture the housekeeper's assistant and left the workshop.

After he left, Meng Huai looked at everyone and arranged their tasks: "Since there are five walkie-talkies, we will form groups of three."

After thinking it over in his mind, he began to call out names: "Jiang Tianming, Mu Tieren, and Ling You are in one group; Su Bei, Li Shu, and Wu Mingbai are in one group; Lan Subing, Wu Jin, and Mo Xiaotian are in one group; Ai Baozhu, Zhao Xiaoyu, and Feng Lan are in one group; and finally Qi Huang and Si Zhaohua are in one group."

After a quick observation of the three people in each team, I found that the students in the same team were basically not that familiar with each other. I could then understand his intention of forming teams in this way.

To cultivate tacit understanding and trust, you must first start with familiarity. And if you want to get familiar with each other, the best way is to do tasks together and experience danger. Just like Jiang Tianming and his two friends, they also experienced a series of events before school started, and finally became close friends who trusted each other.

Of course, this unfamiliarity is only relative. It is just that they are not as familiar with each other as with other classmates, which does not mean that they are really unfamiliar. After all, there are only so many people in a class. After two semesters, even the most withdrawn person should be familiar with other classmates. Even someone as cold as Ling You has a good relationship with Zhao Xiaoyu and Su Bei.

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